Towards an Integrated Conceptual Design Evaluation of Mechatronic Systems: The SysDICE Approach

• Main Authors: Chami, Mohammad, Bruel, Jean-Michel
• Other Authors: Modèles, Architectures, Composants, Agilité et prOcessus (IRIT-MACAO), Institut de recherche en informatique de Toulouse (IRIT), Université Toulouse Capitole (UT Capitole), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Toulouse Mind & Brain Institut (TMBI), Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université Toulouse Capitole (UT Capitole), Université de Toulouse (UT), Bombardier Transportation
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2015
• Subjects: Mechatronics design; System modeling; SysML; Design evaluation; SysDICE; [INFO.INFO-SE]Computer Science [cs]/Software Engineering [cs.SE]; [INFO.INFO-ES]Computer Science [cs]/Embedded Systems; [INFO.INFO-CR]Computer Science [cs]/Cryptography and Security [cs.CR]; [INFO.INFO-HC]Computer Science [cs]/Human-Computer Interaction [cs.HC]; [INFO.INFO-AR]Computer Science [cs]/Hardware Architecture [cs.AR]; [INFO.INFO-MO]Computer Science [cs]/Modeling and Simulation; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-01327102; https://hal.science/hal-01327102/document; https://hal.science/hal-01327102/file/chami_15428.pdf

National audience Mechatronic systems play a significant role in different types of industry, especially in trans- portation, aerospace, automotive and manufacturing. Although their multidisciplinary nature provides enormous functionalities, it is still one of the substantial challenges which frequently impede their design process. Notably, the conceptual design phase aggregates various engi- neering disciplines, project and business management fields, where different methods, modeling languages and software tools are applied. Therefore, an integrated environment is required to intimately engage the different domains together. This paper outlines a model-based research approach for an integrated conceptual design evaluation of mechatronic systems using SysML. Particularly, the state of the art is highlighted, most important challenges, remaining problems in this field and a novel solution is proposed, named SysDICE, combining model based system engineering and artificial intelligence techniques to support for achieving efficient design.